Mr. Sullivan
Good evening, I have been trying to follow this story. Did this story state ANYWHERE that the SWAT TEAM WOULD BE DISBANDED, or K-9 WOULDNT FUNCTION, Is the BOMB SQUAD BEING SOLD TO PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF?? or to HUDSON COUNTY SHERIFF, ROCKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF? is MORRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S BOMB SQUAD gonna be taking over or is this FEAR MONGERING by 5 POLICE CHIEFS?.

Lets wait and see the 5 police chiefs that will be taken care of by the county politicians for siding with the policticians instead of the TAXPAYERS

I really wonder what the other 65 Police Chiefs said.

1 in 14 Chiefs spoke against it THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES

Why are there only 2 county police in the ENTIRE STATE? THAT ALSO SPEAKS VOLUMES
I APOLIGIZE for the caps its just frustrating: How could saving 17 million dollars even be an issue
When do the POLITICIANS listen to the TAXPAYERS
From what I read NO ONE will even lose their job if its done by attrition I SAY GO FOR IT!!!
if someone loses their job I'm not sure Thank You Have a Great Night

Hey NJFF
you might be onto something here about the freeholders
any freeholder that forgets that THEY WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM
Should have the oppurtunity to be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE As of now I am voting for the FOUR DEMOCRATS that want to put the question on the ballot

REPUBLICANS who dont want to save the TAXPAYERS money should be voted out of office INCLUDING THE COUNTY CHEERLEADER

how come the question doesnt explain the cost savings over the years, every article I read someone says the merger would save $17,000,000 million dollars. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE MERGE
this paragraph makes it look like a shift in power, not anything about COSTS / Saving any money

What about the $ 17,000,000 (17 MILLION...... Dollars) that they say it would save the TAXPAYERS!!!!!!!!!!! I guess the freeholders dont care about us Any freeholder who votes against this merge should not get re elected they DONT CARE ABOUT US

read a comment on a posted article on the Bergen Record website (RZ) if the county police keep fighting the merge then just dis-ban them they have an offer to keep their jobs that should have a time limit

Has anyone read the book that Arizona Govenor Jan Brewer wrote ?
She writes about the Arizona farmer (Family Man) and his dog both killed by ILLEGAL Immigrants
she writes about high speed shootouts between the drug cartels on the streets of Arizona
She writes about how OUR OWN GOVERNMENT (OBAMA) IGNORED Arizonas plea for help
How OBAMA put fences up in Texas and California and funneled ALL ILLEGALS in ARIZONA
Governor Brewer is DOING THE JOB that OUR GOVERNMENT WONT DO
Read the book learn the facts before we blame the people of Arizona

Im Not sure someone may be able to check, in my opinion sounds like he was BOUGHT and ALLOWED by HIS Supervisor(AKA new chief higgins and higgins new boss Donovan) to take sometime off and make way for higgins to become chief Where is she now about saving money

You are soooooo right, The only person i see getting re-elected is Sheriff Saudino. The Freeholders are toooo wishy washy and dont have the guts to save the TAXPAYERS OF BERGEN COUNTY 17,000,000 million dollars (if the last article is true) The other one she is just a cheerleader for the county pd
WHY DID WE ELECT HER??????????????????p>

If the DEMOCRAT freeholders have the guts to save TAXPAYERS $17,000,000 million dollars, then it will be silly to even run against them, They will be etched in history, if NOT its time to elect new people who will work for the TAXPAYERS WHO ELECTED THEM!!!!!!!

This is all going to come out before the election alot of people are fed up and are not going to remain silent anymore. $17,000,000 (17 MILLION DOLLARS) I dont care what party you are from save the COUNTY TAXPAYERS or you will be VOTED OUT in NOVEMBER

You are soooooo right, The only person i see getting re-elected is Sheriff Saudino. The Freeholders are toooo wishy washy and dont have the guts to save the TAXPAYERS OF BERGEN COUNTY 17,000,000 million dollars (if this article is true) The other one she is just a cheerleader for the county pd
Why did we elect her?????????

If the dem freeholders have the guts to save TAXPAYERS $17,000,000 million dollars, then it will be silly to even run against them, They will be etched in history, if not its time to elect new people who will work for the TAXPAYERS WHO ELECTED THEM!!!!!!!

njresident 80
You have NO IDEA what you are talking about, maybe do a LITTLE homework I just called a friend who works in the Sheriff's Office told him i didnt know they had no Detective Bureau, or SWAT HE IS STILL LAUGHING actually knee slapping laughing so hard, he said you probably drive a car with a green stripe on it haha. Ever hear of B.C.I.????? Some of the best detectives out there, probably 5 x more detectives than your green stripe dept has. throw in warrant detectives, probably 10 x more detectives than the green stripes. IS it true, the Sheriff's Office has close to 3x the cars on the road compared to your green stripes, Also call the New Jersey Sheriff's Association tell them that they only work courts and jails "TRUE" police functions fall on some other departments (you are really funny or clueless) Union County is consolidating, What do the OTHER 19 counties get that Bergen doesnt? Also 25% of employees hired with no test WOW!!! apparently its 15 % somehwere around 15 investigators

Every time you tell lies and try to smear the Sheriff's Office some one is going to correct you.... check the link

the FREEHOLDERS wont stand up to DONOVAN they MUST BE AFRAID
they have a chance to make history in Bergen Cty and LOWER TAXES for years to come
I guess they still want a ride to the yankee games or something....... there is NO REASON to not consolidate the 3 county agencies

what is the price tag of keeping bcpd around??
they are redundant and not needed. dont most of the local towns get all the calls for the county parks ? because the bcpd are never around (Probably tooo busy writing contractors (AKA Working man) tickets

PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, its the TAXPAYERS PAYING THE BILL, let THE TAXPAYERS HAVE THEIR SAY

REMOVE THE POLITICS, take it out of the hands of the fools we elected.

If the FREEHOLDERS and COUNTY EXEC dont want to save TAXPAYERS MONEY VOTE THEM OUT of office at ELECTION TIME

donovan is sooo blatantly just throwing money at he bcpd, oem, highway safety, communications center..etc.... IS THIS WHY WE ELECTED HER?? To go OUT AND CAMPAIGN FOR THE COUNTY POLICE

guess creamer remains ticket free, while all the other contractors pay the price
PUT IT ON THE BALLOT WHAT EVER THE OUTCOME .... LIVE WITH IT... it could all be done by attrition

In MY OPINION it sounds like The Republicans will LOOSE ALL ELECTED POSITIONS IN BERGEN COUNTY
CHRISTIE CANT WIN IN BERGEN because of the mess the county executive and freeholders are creating. Donovan is protecting the $$185,000 dollar plus a year chief with less than 100 officers..... and a total budget of $$21,000,000 ($ 21 MILLION DOLLARS)

Freeholders and county executive COULD have saved bergen TAXPAYERS millions by merging county police in to the Sheriffs Department. 25-30 county police that can retire will, read their salaries on line $$150,000 to $$175,000 a year........big savings day one. The rest can fill in overtime and cut costs, eventually the county would realize tremendous saving by attrition.

IF the county police called in sick tomorrow or for the whole week WHO WOULD MISS THEM??????

read the entire Thorough and Complete NON POLITICAL 192 PAGE STUDY that cost $$600,000 then make your own opinion. Put this on the ballot, let the TAXPAYERS who elect county goverment decide